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Join Our Final Art After School Session Starting May 8


We've been having a great time at Art After School this Spring! We launched Juicy Wednesdays, made more awesome art and as things are warming up we are spending more and more time outside! We've been out back in the Acorn community garden space just enjoying the outdoors. It's been so nice to be able to start having some class time outside again! We been loving watching the animals around the bird feeder, especially the Robins, Squirrels...and pair of Cardinals!

There has been a bit of garden work- weeding, raking, digging and turning the soil and deciding where to plant things. Yesterday's group dug up some worms and discovered a fat grub. We have some wonderful new veggie seeds to plant from Urban Harvest - but we have to get the new soil turned and these seeds started ASAP...And make our bean pole tents!
We have *lots* of fun things to do at Art After School this Spring!

Our FINAL Art After School session of the school year begins in just 2 weeks! Registered yet?
This is an 8 week session running from May 8 - June 26
Program space is limited! So Get Registered!

ART AFTER SCHOOL is a 2 hour after-school visual arts program. 
Kids enjoy creating community and art projects taught by friendly, experienced Facilitators. 
ART AFTER SCHOOL FINAL SESSION
8 WEEKS May 8 - June 26 2017
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Kids 4 - 10 years
$184 + HST / 1 afternoon x 8 weeks (total $207.92)
On Glenholme Avenue. Just steps away from Rawlinson Community School.
AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP AVAILABLE! 
Registration is Now Open!

ART AFTER SCHOOL FINAL SESSION PROJECTS :
  • Crazy Cubes with Pablo
  • Mini Treehouses
  • Indigo Dying Project
  • Garden Art Folders

Things we do at ART AFTER SCHOOL :
  • share stories, read books and look at pictures 
  • learn about artists 
  • create great individual and group artwork
  • experiment with different materials and styles of art 
  • play games and enjoy neat activities 
  • have tea time / healthy snack. Hang out!

Do you know a child that would enjoy Art After School?
We have some spaces available for this final session! Please contact us.
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Registration is Open for Art After School SPRING 2017


Our current Winter / Spring session ends on March 9. 
A new Art After School session begins soon! So get yourselves registered today!

Art After School Spring Session : March 27 - May 4
Registration is Now Open for this 6 week session.

SPRING ART AFTER SCHOOL PROJECTS :
  • Pablo's Cubes 
  • Egg Art
  • Mothers! 
Art After School is a 2 hour after-school arts program. featuring unique visual arts curriculum taught at home by friendly experienced arts facilitators. Kids make art with friends and we have Tea Time!

ART AFTER SCHOOL
SPRING 2017 SESSION : 6 WEEKS Mar 27 - Thurs May 4
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS 3:30 - 5:30 PM
for Kids 4 - 10 years
$138 + HST / 1 afternoon x 6 weeks (total $155.94)
On Glenholme Avenue steps away from Rawlinson Community School
AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP AVAILABLE

Would your child enjoy Art After School?
We sometimes have spaces! Please contact us.
To register or to confirm class enrollment for Art After School :

Email us with your child's name, request a registration form if you are new and indicate your preferred class day.

Please Note: There will be no 'regular' classes during March Break (Mar 13 - 17) EXCEPT a make up class on Monday March 13th for any kids who missed a class to due Family Day or holiday. Monday kids we're looking at you! Please contact us if you wish your child to attend.

Shannon is away on a retreat from Mar 15 - 26 SO PLEASE NOTE :
There will be NO Art After School classes the week following March Break (Mar 20 - 24).
So sorry for any inconvenience this may cause!

Please drop us a line if you have any questions about Art After School, Seeds of Creativity Camps or any inquiries about Acorn Art facilitation or consulting services.





Please contact us for any information on Art After School 
or any of our Seeds of Creativity Camp Programs.
Acorn Art Studio
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village
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Signed Up? New ART AFTER SCHOOL starts JANUARY 31st!


A new Art After School session begins in 2 weeks! Are you signed up yet?

We have some happy news!
Acorn Studio is happy to welcome Anna, our new grown-up helper in the Art Room!
Anna is completing training hours as an arts facilitator and will be helping and supporting artists with me this session at Acorn Studio. This is a great opportunity for everyone! It's great for all our artists to have an additional instructor at our little studio.
Anna will mostly be helping on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Welcome Anna!

ART AFTER SCHOOL PROJECTS THIS SESSION :
  • ARTs with HEARTs!
  • Winter Trees
  • Mondrian!

Art After School is a 2 hour after-school arts program. featuring unique visual arts curriculum taught at home by friendly experienced arts facilitators. Kids make art with friends and we have Tea Time!

ART AFTER SCHOOL
WINTER 2016/17 SESSION : 6 WEEKS Jan 31 - Mar 7
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS 3:30 - 5:30 PM
for Kids 4 - 10 years
$138 + HST / 1 afternoon x 6 weeks (total $155.94)
On Glenholme Avenue steps away from Rawlinson Community School
AFTER SCHOOL PICK UP AVAILABLE

Would your child enjoy Art After School?
We have a 2-3 spaces coming available for our Winter/ Spring 2017 session! Please contact us.
To register or to confirm class enrollment for Art After School :
Email us with your child's name, request a registration form if you are new and indicate your preferred class day.

Please drop us a line if you have any questions about Art After School, Seeds of Creativity Camps or any inquiries about Acorn Art facilitation or consulting services.





Please contact us for any information on Art After School 
or any of our Seeds of Creativity Camp Programs.
Acorn Art Studio
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village
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Just A Few Spaces Left!


A few spots remain for Acorn Studio's Seeds of Creativity Camps, our unique Visual Art and Gardening Camps this July and August.

Seeds of Creativity campers will create and explore new art techniques and mediums through individual and group art projects AND spend time outdoors exploring nature.
Both Seeds of Creativity camp weeks offer unique projects and experiences.

Guest teachers will be visiting Acorn Studio and Garden to share their special talents and knowledge each day. Artist-Gardeners will be tasting and making delicious food and every day will include fun outdoor time, games and a community walk.

All art materials included. Every kid will receive a sketchbook. We celebrate Friday with a homemade pizza lunch!


SEEDS OF CREATIVITY 
Visual Art and Garden Camp 
Ages 4 - 8
Monday - Friday 10 AM - 3PM
$280.00 + HST per child / 1 week

JULY 18 - 22
CURIOUS GARDEN
Activities will include:
  • Growing Vegetable Soup! Making our Sketchbooks and Sketching a Garden Plan
  • Planting seeds. Compost and Earthworms! String painting
  • What's the Buzz about Bees? 
  • We're making a bean pole tent! Jack and the Beanstalk 

AUGUST 8 - 12
CITY JUNGLE
Activities will include:
  • Planting a rainbow! Making our Sketchbooks and exploring Colours
  • Drawing plants. How does our garden grow? Seedlings
  • Insect Art 
  • Rainbarrels. Bulding a Fountain and Painting Stone Creatures.

Acorn Seeds of Creativity Camps are small with close groups of 6-10 children. We only have a few spaces remaining- do you know a child who might like to join us? 
Here's a link to more information about our 2016 Camps :


Acorn Art Studio
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village


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NESTING at Acorn Art Studio


Bird projects are a bit of an obsession here at Acorn Studio. 
This NEST art project was inspired by stained glass Valentine activity on the ever-awesome blog The Artful Parent. I really loved the strong black line the black glue made, and the 'stained glass' effect of the watercolours. 
Check out the be-autiful nests we made at Art After School this session and see how we did it!

Nest by Jennie

ACTIVITY ELEMENTS : Movement and rhythm. Making spirals and lines. 'Nesting'. Colour and colour mixing. Painting.

THE MATERIALS
White glue and black acrylic paint combined in squeeze bottles (approx half glue half paint?)
Big pieces of white multi-media paper
Precut Paper Eggs / Ovals 
Gouache paints and lots of clean water
Brushes

WARM UP - Around and Around
First we had fun exploring the spiral movement and form with crayons on manilla paper.
While going around and around, kids experimented with different colours, pressures, directions and speeds. They tried holding crayons with both hands and with eyes closed. We did this for a while. 
We looked at pictures of nests and how birds make them. We talked about eggs and parent birds. We talked about feeling cozy and safe.

Going around and around was relaxing and rythmic.

STEP 1 - Black Glue Spiral & Eggs
Going around and around with the squeeze bottles, artists create their spiral 'nests'.
Artists outlined or added details to their paper eggs and placed them inside and gently pressed them down to stick them.

This 5 year old artist is interested in making his nest look 'real'.
He was careful with his spiral. This is an albatross nest.
I love the wildness of this nest.
This is a tactile artist who likes to let loose.

These nests could have stayed black and white because they were indeed awesome. But now we had created a great line for painting inside.
I would recommend giving the black glue a couple of days to fully dry...There can be puddles!

STEP 2 : The Painting
We used gouache paints as our 'waterpaints'. We have a nice set in the studio with a wide range of colours. Only a bit of paint is needed and more water and artists were reminded to keep water and brushes as clean as possible between colours. I was circulating and refreshing water throughout.

Initially artists were offered browns and golds in the palettes with some greens. After a time other paint colours are offered and integrated if asked for. Artists were encouraged to try painting inside the little spaces.
Some of the kids went for a more natural palette. Other artists' nests became super colourful.

Painting the little spaces.
The browns mix a bit with other colours creating a lovely palette.
This artist's composition is 'portrait' style.
I suggested that artists choose a contrasting colour for around nests.
We tried big brushes here with lots of water.

THE FINISHED NESTS are very beautiful. Some kids finished in 2 sessions and others took longer. This project can take time. If artists became tired with the process I supported them in leaving the work and returning to it later/another day to avoid rushing/ wrecking. Each one is completely unique- which is something I really loved about this project. These artworks are gorgeous and expressive and the children were proud.

Nest by Rebecca
Nest by Keltie 
Nest by Safia
Nest by Jonah
Nest by Isabella 
Nest by Caroline 
Nest by Callie 

by Shannon
Program Co-ordinator and an Arts Facilitator at Acorn Art Studio.

Would your child like to make art with us at Acorn Studio?
ART AFTER SCHOOL is a Fun, 2 hour after-school visual arts program in Oakwood Village. Check us out!

Seeds of Creativity Camps are about enjoying and nurturing the garden, making all kinds of beautiful art and building skills together. Join us! 
Learn more HERE!

Acorn Art Studio
home of ART AFTER SCHOOL
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village

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NEW ART AFTER SCHOOL SESSION! Starts April 19TH


ART AFTER SCHOOL is a fun 2 hour after-school arts program in Oakwood Village. Kids have fun creating with an experienced and friendly childrens’ arts facilitator.
Quality instruction and materials. Lovely, cozy home studio with kitchen and garden!
We make beautiful art. And we have tea time!
On Glenholme Avenue steps away from Rawlinson Community School.

We have a new ART AFTER SCHOOL Session starting April 19 / 20 / 21
This is our FINAL session of the school year! Join us in the studio.

ART AFTER SCHOOL 8 WEEK FINAL SESSION
April 19 / 20 / 21 - June 7 / 8 / 9
Tues, Wed and Thurs from 3:30 - 5:30
$176 + HST / 1 afternoon for 8 weeks
After school pick up available at Rawlinson Community School!

OUR PROJECTS THIS SESSION :
  • Eric Carle CATS Painting and Tissue paper collage
  • Beautiful COLOUR FIELDS Exploring colour with Mark Rothko
  • Making PORTRAITS with Frida and Pablo
  • Creating DREAM CATCHERS and Celebrating Our Year End! 

Every afternoon includes a story, a warm up and a main lesson.
Art After School is a multi-media class
Still life drawing.Kids make all kinds of art at Acorn Studio!

ART AFTER SCHOOL
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
3:30 - 5:30 PM Ages 4 +
Final Session of the School Year : April 19 - June 9
$176.00 / 1 Afternoon x 8 Weeks


Acorn Art Studio
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village

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NEW ART AFTER SCHOOL SESSION! Starts March 1ST

Hello Friends!

ART AFTER SCHOOL is a fun 2 hour after-school arts program.
Featuring curriculum taught by skilled and friendly childrens’ arts facilitator .
We make beautiful art. And we have tea time!
Quality instruction and materials. Lovely, cozy home studio with kitchen.
On Glenholme Avenue steps away from Rawlinson Community School.

We have a new ART AFTER SCHOOL Session starting March 1 / 2 / 3 -
Come Join Us!
ART AFTER SCHOOL 6 WEEK SPRING SESSION
March 1 / 2 / 3 - April 12 / 13 / 14
Tues, Wed and Thurs from 3:30 - 5:30
$132 + HST / 1 afternoon for 6 weeks
*After school pick up available at Rawlinson Community School.

PROJECTS THIS SESSION :
  • Tin Foil Rabbits - Sculpting a Figure and Multi Media Finishing
  • Eggs and Nests - Painting
  • One Wide River to Cross - Stamping and Print Making
Making stamps for next session!



Would your child like to join us for ART AFTER SCHOOL?
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30-5:30. 
Please contact us for any information on Art After School 
or any of our Art Camp Programs.
Acorn Art Studio
416 573 7619
Glenholme Ave @ Earlsdale in Oakwood Village
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